purity seals?

[ranulf the revenant]

Sorry for such a niche question, but where else should I ask it Edited November 20, 2019 by ranulf the revenant

[PeteySödes]

We’re still imperial so it’s totally fine IMO. I tend to use them sparingly (we’re not Templars) but they are still a great way to add color and motion to a model.

 

I also like to think it’s more the heresy style oaths of moment but that’s just fluff.

Edited November 20, 2019 by PeteySödes

[logan_grimnar18]

I always associate the old "terminator honors" wargear from 3rd ed SM codex with purity seals. And we didnt get terminator honors, so I avoid the seals. But I do agree that that little spot of red can really add a spot (lol) of color

[Guest]

my head-canon is that they are ways to have their saga's written down. Something to give them pride that a Wolf Priest saw fit that it be put down on paper. I use them sparingly also.

[Mainely Wargamming]

I thought they were prayers to the Ecclesiastes?  Which is why the armor comes with "dispensers" for battlefield sanctification of relics or some other nonsense.  They are inherently an admonition that the Astartes still fall in sway to the Cult of the Emperor.   

[Rune Priest Jbickb]

I've always been in the camp of 1 per dude or less lol

[Guest]

I thought they were prayers to the Ecclesiastes?  Which is why the armor comes with "dispensers" for battlefield sanctification of relics or some other nonsense.  They are inherently an admonition that the Astartes still fall in sway to the Cult of the Emperor.

 

They were used during HH, on the cover of The First Heretic a Custodes is wearing some. So doesn't have to deal with the Cult.

[ranulf the revenant]

I think it's the image these seals transfer for me: for me they are associated with more script centered cultures like medieval christianity and are therefore more fitting for more 'monk-like' chapters. Since the image of the Wolves is rooted in a more heathen-like/shamanistic cuIture, it's hard to imagine them sitting down to write stuff on paper :D ...

[Bryan Blaire]

I am in the camp of “these are oaths” type things, and I specifically use Futhorc on them to have the runic representation. To me, they are no different than runes being inscribed on the armor and could have a number of talismanic purposes. Perhaps the Rune Priests are the only ones that make them, and they are wards against bad luck, the evil eye, or other anathemic concepts?

 

YMMV, I usually keep the number very low within a squad.

 

I also like the idea of the keeping of sagas on them.

[Stancer]

If a model has a couple purity seals, i tend to leave them on for a dash of colour against the blue.

The Reliquary's hanging off most of the new primaris sgt's and leftenants however, are an affront. I zealously carve them off each model and fill in the patch with miliput or replace with a press-molded talisman of some sort.

[Bryan Blaire]

Why would the bones of a fellow Marine or a defeated foe, etc., be an affront to anything? If anything, why wouldn't they be inscribed with runes of glory, blessing, wyrd, damnation, etc.?

[sbarnby71]

I see them as to-do-lists

 

• Kill everyone different to me.
• Drink!
• Check step 1 just to be sure.
• Drink!
• Give Bjorn a wedgie!

[ranulf the revenant]

Hmmm... How about:

 

-> Hunt

-> Kill

-> Praise the Allfather

-> Wolve with your Wolves (Drink, boast, sing)

 

 

Edited November 21, 2019 by ranulf the revenant

[Raktra]

If a model has a couple purity seals, i tend to leave them on for a dash of colour against the blue.

 

The Reliquary's hanging off most of the new primaris sgt's and leftenants however, are an affront. I zealously carve them off each model and fill in the patch with miliput or replace with a press-molded talisman of some sort.

You mean the things that Chaplains and Terminators have pretty much always had since at least the 90s?

[tangoalphatwo]

I never add them and if a model has them I clip them off and file them down. But to each their own. If you like them, I saw go for it. I also tend to hand draw on a bunch of runes on their armor. Edited November 21, 2019 by tangoalphatwo

[Lord Ragnarok]

For me purity deals=oath papers

[Guest Triszin]

I shave them off if I remember.

Or pretend they are different mead recipes they trade

[Wolf Lord Duregar]

I use the ones moulded onto models but that is about it. The rest is wolf tail talismans, runes, wolf tooth necklaces etc. :)

[Guest]

I shave them off if I remember.

Or pretend they are different mead recipes they trade

Brother what is your near recipe? Mine is 4 lbs honey to 1 gallon water using Lalvin d47 yeast.

[Wispy]

they are certainty downplayed on Space Wolves models but they are on Space Wolves models all the same. That means they're canonically appropriate to Space Wolves.

 

 

 

[Wispy]

so, knowing that, I never go out of my way to add them but i don't remove them either... unless i am kitbashing a codex marine model that has a big obnoxious purity seal that is super garish. At that point it becomes off brand to the Space Wolves and needs to be excised.

Edited November 27, 2019 by Wispy

[Guest Triszin]

 

I shave them off if I remember.

Or pretend they are different mead recipes they trade

Brother what is your near recipe? Mine is 4 lbs honey to 1 gallon water using Lalvin d47 yeast.

4 ounces of blended blood lice and battery acid in mine! It bites!

[NightHowler]

I buy my Mjod at the grocery store... does that make me less Vlka Fenryka?

[Bryan Blaire]

I buy my Mjod at the grocery store... does that make me less Vlka Fenryka?

:lol: I get the same! And the Ribe type as well.

[tangoalphatwo]

Redstone meadery makes some good mead.

 

Sorry, off topic

Edited November 28, 2019 by tangoalphatwo